Legal basis: Several Provisions of the Supreme People's Court on the People's Court's Seal-up, Seizure and Freeze of Civil Execution Property.
Article 29 The time limit for the people's court to freeze the bank deposits and other funds of the person subjected to execution shall not exceed six months, the time limit for sealing up or distraining movable property shall not exceed one year, and the time limit for sealing up or distraining immovable property and other property rights shall not exceed two years. Except as otherwise provided by laws and judicial interpretations.
Article 30 If the time limit for sealing up, distraining and freezing expires and the people's court fails to go through the extension formalities, the effectiveness of sealing up, distraining and freezing shall be extinguished.